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The İzmir Mavi
Tren (MAH-vee trehn, "Izmir
Blue Train") departs Izmir
at 19:40 (7:40 pm) daily and
arrives in Ankara, 824 km (512 miles)
about 14 hours
later at 09:32 am.
From Ankara,
the İzmir
Mavi Tren departs
at 19:50 (7:50 pm) and arrives
in Izmir the
next morning at 09:05 am—if it's on
time.
Although this train—and most trains
to/from Izmir—normally operates from
Basmane station,
currently it departs and arrives at
Izmir's Alsancak station,
2 km (1.24 miles) north instead (map).
The train hauls Pullman
cars, sleeping
cars, and a dining car.
A one-way/single ticket costs
TL27.
The total fare (train fare + bed +
service charge) in a sleeping car is TL90
for a single person alone in a private
compartment, or TL65 per
person if two people share
a compartment.
The Karesi
Ekspresi is a slower,
lower-fare night train with Pullman
cars, a
couchette
car, and a dining car.
Please read this
safety notice about sleeping
car travel.
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A private
sleeping compartment in
a Turkish State
Railways sleeping
car (yataklı vagon).
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